diff --git a/racket/collects/pkg/lib.rkt b/racket/collects/pkg/lib.rkt
index 54f7e37ea0..7dbbd1db16 100644
--- a/racket/collects/pkg/lib.rkt
+++ b/racket/collects/pkg/lib.rkt
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@
           (match this-dep-behavior
            ['fail
             (clean!)
-            (pkg-error (~a "missing dependencies\n"
+            (pkg-error (~a "missing dependencies, specify --deps search-auto to install them or --deps search-ask to be asked about installing them\n"
                            " for package: ~a\n"
                            " missing packages:~a")
                        pkg